Pennsylvania Act 2015-17 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - SPECIAL MOTORCYCLE PLATES FOR VETERANS

Act text

Session of 2015

No. 2015-17

SB284

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for special motorcycle plates for veterans.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1361 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1361. Special motorcycle plates [for] related to veterans.

(a) Honorably discharged veterans.-- Upon application of any person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States, or a reserve component of the armed forces as defined in 51 Pa.C.S. § 7301 (relating to definitions), accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the department shall require, the department shall issue to the person a special registration plate designating the vehicle as belonging to a person who is a veteran. The special registration plate may be used only on a motorcycle.

(b) Honoring our veterans.--Upon application of any person, accompanied by a fee of $35 which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the department shall require, the department shall issue to the person a special registration plate designating the motorcycle as belonging to a person who is honoring veterans of the armed forces of the United States. The special registration plate may be used only on a motorcycle. The Veterans' Trust Fund shall receive $15 of the fee paid by the applicant for the plate.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.

APPROVED--The 8th day of July, A.D. 2015.

TOM WOLF